If there's one word that's not thrown around lightly by this Wales team, it's 'trust'.
It hasn't always been there over the last 12 months, which have represented a seismic shift in their treatment, as players have gone from amateurs in last year's winless Six Nations to a squad of 12 full-time professionals plus 11 part-time players as they prepare for their upcoming Championship.
After plenty of promises in the past which the players had learned to distrust, this one finally came true at the turn of 2022: a World Cup year.
